James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

2 6 0 L I L L YWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. FOX, HARRY(Sherborne ) . Captain of Wellington Club, and memberof Somersetshire Eleven.-Lost in the Caucasus Mountains about Aug. 30. HASSAN, PRINCE (Oxford University , about 1870).-March. HUME, REV. A. (Suffolk and Cambridge University ).-July 1. ISHERWOOD, F. (Oxford University , 1872).--June, JENYNS, REV. C. (Cambridge Eleven, 1849 , and Herts).- M a y. LODER, SIR ROBERT (Vice -President Northamptonshire County C.C.).-M a y. MARKHAM, ERNEST W. (Wellington College Eleven of 1885 ).-April 21 . SEWELL, THOMAS(Surrey).-November1. SLINN, WILLIAM (Yorkshire ), about 1862 one of the best bowlers in England . - J u n e19. C H A P T E R X I I. T H ET W OE N G L I S HT E A M SI N A U S T R A L. THEwinter of 1887-88 will be memorable in the history of the game if only for the presence of two teams of English in Australia touring simultaneously and in different interests . The one which came out under the auspices of the Melbourne Club was under the captaincy of Lord Hawke, and on his return to Englandon the death of his father , of Mr. G. F. Vernon; the other under the management of Arthur Shrewsbury and James Lillywhite . As was only to be expected , muchfeeling was engendered both in England and the Colonies whenit was found that no arrangements could be madeto prevent this division of English players . It is not our place here to enter into the question of which party had the prior or better claims to take out a team ; wecan only repeat the regret universally expressed by cricketers , both at homeand in Australia , that the gameshould have suffered , as it undoubtedly did, by the appearance in the Colonies of two combinations of English cricketers with different aims and divergent interests . It is difficult , indeed , to see what real good could have been anticipated under such circumstances . According to all appearances it was certain that , financially , the promoters of both the tours wouldbe losers ; and so the results proved , though in this respect the Committee of the Melbourne Club, who were over £3,500 to the bad over the undertaking , were the greater sufferers. In the cricket , however, of both parties there wasmuchcause for satisfaction . LordHawke'steam was considered to be the weaker all round, and on paper they certainly seemed to be lacking in bowling. Their record , though, proved to be exceptionally brilliant , and, as will be seen , only one ended in a defeat . This performance was the more noteworthy , from the fact that during a greater part of the time they had actually no reserve men, suffering a double and heavy loss , in addition to the return of Lord Hawke, in the injury to Bates , which deprived the side of one of their very best all -round players . Peel's all- round cricket , Attewell's bowling , the batting of Mr. Stoddart , Mr. W. W. Read, andAbel were the best features of the tour , and in two departments , in batting and fielding , the Melbourne Club team of 1887-88 could fairly claim to havew o na reputation equal at least to that of any English combination that hasvisited Australia. Lord Hawke(Yorkshire ) was the captain , and the other members were Messrs . G. F. Vernon, A. E. Stoddart , and T. C. O'Brien (Middlesex ) ; A. E. Newton(Somersetshire ) ; W. W. Read and M. P. Bowden (Surrey ) ; R. Abel and J. Beaumont (Surrey ) ; J. T. Rawlin , W. Bates , R. Peel (Yorkshire ) ; and W .Attewell (Notts ). Shrewsburyand Lillywhite's team consisted of Messrs. L. C. Docker (Warwickshire) ; W. N e w h a m, G. Brann, and C. A. Smith, captain (Sussex ) ; A. Shrewsbury (Notts ); G. Ulyett and J. M. Preston (Yorkshire ); A. D. Pougher